[avacado]

"...86 billion barrels of oil and 420 trillion cubic feet of natural gas can be found along the U.S. outer continental shelf..."

We need to get at the INNER continental shelf too. Much more oil there!

[11th Commandment]

We need to get at the INNER continental shelf too. Much more oil there!

YUP, what all these alternative energy nuts forget is that if the US developed a source of fuel that could power trains, planes, and automobiles tomorrow, the US would still have to double domestic production to be oil independent for all the other wonderful products oil provides for us.

[tobyhill]

Exactly. We have 10 times all natural resources than Saudi Arabia but we can’t touch it.